Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm,The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
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My son, Wolfgang, plays drums, guitars and bass.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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My husband had a very strong identity and was successful in his life. Thank God for that. There's no way I can control him. I wouldn't stay married to him if I felt I could. I can readily take my business personality into the home. But he forces me to be a partner rather than the boss.
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I'm not one to take revenge. If someone does something wrong to me I leave it in the hands of the universe to take care of that person.
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You've got to be all-in on this sport; you can't be one foot out the door.
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Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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Economically, we are, to some significant degree, interdependent with Chinese well-being. That is a great asset.
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I won't say that I'm an agnostic, since agnosticism maintains that one cannot know... but I'm not averse to the idea of some intelligence or some organizing force that set up the initial conditions of the universe in such a way that ultimately generated stars, planets and life.
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I was always interested in fashion and beauty. I was fifteen when I was scouted in a flea market. Two years later, I arrived in New York. I was in awe because it was like another planet.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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Everywhere I go, I have my little Steinberger, and I like it very well.
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Is Bill Clinton so good at politics, or are other politicians so bad?
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They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
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Family is extremely important, and home is wherever they're waiting for you. No matter where you are, if you have great support, that's all that matters.
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We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.
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People around me like me the best when I'm depressed because I'm a bit more passive.
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I've heard 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' read, and I tell you Mrs. Stowe's pen hasn't begun to paint what slavery is as I have seen it at the far South. I've seen de real thing, and I don't want to see it on no stage or in no theater.
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I was 30 before I made a living that was not embarrassing.
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I'm ready for all forms of dialogue about the film The Conquest. There will be a lot of political talk, but I don't think the film itself will be scandalous. For the French, there are so many emotions relating to Sarkozy and politicians in general that I think the film will generate a lot of passion, whether it be negative or positive. Above all, it's a fictional film. It was important not to make a documentary and to really pay attention to the images. From the choice of the actors to the mise en scene, the film is completely cinematographic. It's not just a boring political movie.
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Why must it be in human nature to hear one thing but to believe in another?" "Because we want things to get better," I said. "Otherwise we would all give up.
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I like the idea of making a big, fun, adventure type of movie.
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Wars never simply end, not for those in combat and not for the culture, and one way or another, they shape-shift from generation to generation.
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The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm,The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.
